Territory



l QCHARLES A. H. RICE AND AJ. vAN DEBEN OF CENTRAL CITY,

COLORADO TERRITORY; f

Llata/rs Patent No.. 95,045, lated SqJtefmbe/r 21, 1,869.

Ther Schedule referred to in vthese vLetters Patent making park of the same.

` To all whom 'it may concern: l

Be it known that we, CHARLES AH. RICE andA. J.

VAN DEREN, of Central City, in the county of Gilpin, l

`and Territory of Colorado, have invented a new and improved Universal Guide forStamp-Mills; and We do I `hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and f exact description thereof,- which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference i, being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichf Figure l represents aver-tical section ofour improvedguide for mills.

Figure 2 isa plan or top view ofthe saine. Similar letters oi' reference indicate corresponding This invention relatesto a new device for guiding the shafts of stamp-mills; and consists in the general construction of parts whereby the guide-pieces are se?v curely held and readily adjusted.

`'.lhe whole guide is composed of three 01 more sections, A A, which are plates carrying boxes for the reception ofthe guides.

Through the `top of each box B is fitted a screw, D .which has its lower part turned smaller without a and rests on the guide.

provided With concave inner ends, which together form a circle, as in iig. 1.

thread, to form a shoulder, c, and which has a concave lower end.

This screw tits, with its shoulder, upon the gib which is placed' into each box above the wooden guide F. The lower part of the screw fits through the gib, The concave end is forced with its sharp edge` into'the wood, to take a firm hold on the guide while the shoulder presses the gib upon the upper face ofthe guide.

The inner ends of the guides are also concave, to properly embrace the shaf Having thus' described our invention,

We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Au adjustable guide for stamp-mills,.consisting of the sectional' support A, boxes B, screws D, gibs E, and wooden guides F, the screws having the shoulders cand the concave-lower ends, when all these part-s are arrangedtogether as herein shown and described, for operation as set forth. I

' CHAS. A. H; RICE.

, A. J. VAN DEBEN. Vitnesses WILLARD SELLER, WILLIAM R. KENNEDY.' 

